Sunnah (سنة [ˈsunna]; pl.: سنن sunan [ˈsunan]) is an Arabic word that means:
• "habit" or "usual practice" (USC glossary);
• "habitual … See more

Prior to the "golden age of classical Islamic jurisprudence", the "ancient schools" of law prevailed.
The traditions not directly sourced from hadith or practice of … See more

Although "most writers agree", including skeptics, that "sunnah and hadith must stand or fall together", some (Fazlur Rahman Malik, Javed Ahmad Ghamidi) have attempted to … See more

The Qur'an contains numerous commands to follow Muhammad. Among the Quranic verses quoted as demonstrating the importance of … See more

Sunnah upon which fiqh is based may be divided into:
• Sunnah Qawliyyah – the sayings of Muhammad, generally synonymous with "hadith", … See more

Shia Muslims do not follow the Kutub al-Sittah (six major hadith collections) followed in Sunni Islam, therefore in Shia and Sunni Islam, the sunnah refer to different collections of religious canonical literature.
The primary … See more

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